Bottle.



E. GREENE.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED "n23, m4.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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, EDGEWORTH GREENE, or MONTCLAIR. NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE.

Application filed May 23, 1914. Serial No. 840,401. 3

. the production of bottles which when once emptied could not be refilled merely by pouring a liquid back through the mouth of the bottle into the body. Yet, until myinvention, so far as such bottles are known to me, none were proof against methods of refilling which involved the immersion of the mouth of an empty bottle in a liquid attempted to be introduced therein and the creation of a pressure upon the surface of the liquid greater than the pressure inside the bottle. The bottle hereinafter described of my invention cannot be refilled by any such method, nor indeed by any method known to me, and its function in this respect depends upon the fact that the closing device or valve comprises two members, one heavier and one lighter than the liquid within the bottle which are made of such material that they will adhere and move together separate and cause the lighter member to float when both are immersed in the liquid provided, of course, the lighter member is uppermost.

In the drawings,'Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional section of the upper part'of a bottle provided with my invention, the parts being in thepositions shown when the bottle is filled with liquid and sealed; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same parts showing when the bottle is inverted is a similar view of the same parts showing their positions when the bottle is placed on its side, such positions being thesame irrespective of the amount of liquid in the bottle; Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating what occurs when an empty bottle is immersed, mouthdownward, in a liquid in an attempt to refill it; Fig. 5 is a detailed top the guard and guide, and Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

posed of two Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

6 is a bottom plan view thereof; Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view ofthe terminal sleeve. In the drawings, 10 represents a body of a bottle of which 11 is the shoulder and 12 is the neck. Placed upon the upper edge of the neck is an annular gasket 13 made of cork or other suitablepacking material, and placed above this is a member 14, which I call a terminal sleeve, and which is cylindrical in form, is provided with an external shoulder indicated at 15 and terminates in a transverse disk 16 having a central aperture 17 It is open at the bottom. It is also provided with a series of internal longitudinal ribs 18 which are continued under the disk 16.

This sleeve serves as a housing for the parts hereinafter described and is secured to the neck of the bottle by a retaining casing 19 preferably made of metal and .spun onto the neck of the bottle over the usual bead indicated at 20 and around and above the shoulder 15 of such sleeve. Arranged above the gasket or packing 13 and fitting snugly within the sleeve 14 is a seat 21 in the form of a ring made of porcelain or other suitable material, and having a depending flange 22 passing downwardly inside of the gasket 13. Arranged above this seating ring and adapted to rest thereon by gravity is a valve comprising two members, namely, a lower member 23 of cork or similar material lighter than the liquid to be placed in the bottle, and which member is the valve proper, and

heavier than the liquid to be placed in the bottle and which is, in efi'ect, a weight. The member 23 fits loosely within the ribs 18 of the sleeve 14 and the member 24 rests upon it by gravity. The member 24 is comparts, namely, a lower cylindrical part 24 and an upper frus'to-conical part 24, although the two parts are made integral.

It is essential to the operation of the device that the weight 24 of the lower member 23 of the valve should be made of such a material that their contacting surfaces shall adhere when wet by the liquid in the bottle. It isfurther essential that if the material of which the ring 21 is composed is such that italso will adhere to the valve 23 when wet then the contacting surfaces shall be so proportioned that when the bottle is inverted the member 23 will adhere to the Above the wei ght 2f WeightJQ L and not to the seating ring 21. 2 1 and also arrangedwithinvthe sleeve 141: there is provided a combined guard and guide 25 which is cyto close the mouthof transit or whenever it upper part 24 cess 27 leaving lindrical in external form. the top and open at the bottom and is provided internally with a frusto-conical recess similar in form to the contour of the of the weight 24:; Along such'recess it is also provided with. a series of ribs indicated at 26; The top of the guard and guide is providedwith an annular rea wallf 28 at; its outer edge. Placed above the sleeve 14 is a stopper 29 having an inwardly projecting. cork member 30' and adapted'f to, fit, snugly aperture 17 in, the sleeve. This stopper when in position presses down upon the guard and guide 25;and this in turn upon the weightand valve and consequently tends the bottle tightly in is desired to keep its within the contents sealed, c

. Inuse the. bottle, is firstfillediwiththe deqsiredliquid; The described parts are then assembled as shown inFig. 1 butwithout the stopper 30, and the retaining: casing 19 1s the guard I put in place,

the ribs of] the sleeve.

andithe stopper, 30 is then insertedij When it is-desired to pour out the contents of the bottle, the Stopper; 30 is removed and the bottle isinverted or-tipped into the position shown in Fig. 2, the liquid presses upon the. lower side of the cork valve f 23 and creeps around. into the 1 space betweenit andthe sleeve 14:, that is between Assoonas the contacting; surfaces between the valve 23 and the weight 291 arewet these members adhere,

and eveny shouldthe space. surroundingthem become filled with liquid1there will be no tendency forv these members to separate. Such space, however, does not readily entirely fill because as the liquid passes out of the bottle around the guard'and guide of'the bottle and betweenthe, ribs the air enters the .mouth creeps through the space 10f "the sleeve 1 1 and enters the body ofthe bottlethus replacing the liquid drawn therefrom. If thebottle is partly emptiedv and then placed in an upright position the weight 2 1';

will fall bygravity upon the valve 23 and cause the latter to rest upon the seat 21 to close the" opening into the bottle, If the bottle is placed on its side in the position shown in Fig.: 3, the same result will take place because of the cooperating sloping sides of; the weight 24 and and guide 25, as the weight will always slide to a lowermost position and in such'position will pushthe valve 23; against the seating ring 21 and effectually close the mouthofjthe bottle. If 'thebottle. is completely emptied Iand "ts mouth is submerged in a body of liquid, as shown in Figj l, the guard and guide will drop to the position It is closed; at:

shown inthat figure and so will the weight 241, because it is heavier than the liquid, but as soon asliquid is introduced into the aperture 17 and passes around in the space between the ribs of the sleeveand on both sides of the valve members 23 and 24:, the valve member-23 being lighter than the liquid will float and rise and seat itself against the surfaceof the ring 21, and if pressure should be put upon the surface of the liquid outside of the bottle to force the liquid upwardinto the bottle, the greater the pressure the tighter will be the closure and the further introduction of the liquid into the bottle-will be entirely prevented. The wall 28 of'the guard and guide 25 and the annular groove or recess 27 inside of the wall is a bafiling device to prevent the introduction of a wire or tool through the opening 17 of the sleeve 14: down into the sleeve between the ribs 18 to possibly engage the weight 24; or the valve member 23 to hold the valve away from its seat andthus permit the'introduction from above of, liquid into the body of the bottle. While the possibility of an attempt at such manipulationof the valve is remote, this particular device has been provided to prevent it, which it does, because when such use of a wire or thelike is attempted its end is-caught in the recess 27 and against the wall 28 and it cannot be further forced downwardinto the sleeve.

That I claim is:

1'; A non-refillable bottle comprising a reservoir providedwith a separate valvecompartment having adischarge orifice; a valve-seat intermediate the orifice and the reservoir; a valve including a float; weighted-means, separate from thefloat and retained against escape from said valvecompartment, adapted and arranged to move the float in a direction away from-the seat when the bottle containing the liquid is tilted from an upright into a pouring position and to move the float, in response to gravity, in a direction toward the seat when the bottle is returned from apouring to a horizontal position, and whenrefilling' with liquid is attempted while the bottle is in an inverted position communication through said seat is closed lby the movement of-said'float, due to its flotation on vthe enteringliquichin aadirection toward, said seat; and further means for preventing adhesion, between the weighted-means and any adjacentsurface ofany element ofthe bottle, sufficient to prevent the closing of the valve when refilling with I liquid is attempted.-

2. A, non-refillable bottle comprising a reservoir provided with. a separate; valvecompartment having. a discharge orifice; a valve-seatintermediate the orifice and'the reservoir; a valve including a float;

weighted-means, separate from the float and retained against escape from said valve-coinpartment, adapted and arranged to move the float in a direction away from the seat when the bottle containing the liquid is tilted from an upright into a pouring position, and to move the float, in response to gravity, in a direction toward the seat when the bot tle is returned from a pouring to a horizontal position; and the configuration of the surfaces of the weighted-means as well as that of the adjacent surface of any element of the bottle being such that the adhesion between them is insufiicient to prevent the closing of the valve when refilling with liquid is attempted.

3. A. non-refillable bottle comprising a reservoir; an adjacent separate valve-compartment having a discharge orifice; a valve-seat intermediate the orifice and the reservoir; closing-means, including a float and weighted-means permanently retained against escape from said valve-compartment, for normally sealing communication through said valve-seat, said weightedmeans including a weight movable with respect to the float; that part of said closingmeans, adjacent the valve-seat and includ ing the float, constituting a float-valve and the arrangement of the members of said closing-means being such that, when the bottle containing liquid is tilted from an upright to a pouring position, communication through said valve-seat is opened by the movement, in response to gravity, of an element of said closing-means which in turn effects movement of the float in a direction away from the seat; when the bottle is returned from a pouring to a horizontal position, communication through said seat is closed by the movement, in resprr-nse to gravity, of an element of said closing-means which in turn eflects movement of the float in a direction toward said valve-seat; and when refilling with liquid is attempted while the bottle is in an inverted position communication through said seat is closed by the movement of said float, due to its flotation on the entering liquid, in a direction toward said seat; and said closing-means also including further means for preventing adhesion, between the surface of the weight and an elementof the bottle adjacent thereto, suflicient to interfere with the closing of communication through the valveseat when refilling with liquid is attempted.

4. A nonrefillable bottle comprising a reservoir; an adjacent separate valve-coup partment having a discharge orifice; avalveseat intermediate the orifice and the reservoir; closing-means, including a float and weighted means permanently retained against escape from said valve-comps.rtment, for normally sealing communication through said valve-seat, said weighted-means includfirst; "ha; part of said closing-means, adjacent the valve at and including the float, constituting a at-valve and the arrangement of rs of said closing-means it to a pouring position, ccmmuni 1011 through said valveseat is opened by tl movement in response to gravity, of an ere/in ent of said closinganeans which in turn eff cts movement of the float in a directirn away from the seat; and when the bottle is returned from a pouring to a horizontal p' sition, ccmmunication through said seat is closed by the movement in response to gravity of an element of said closing-means which in turn effects movement of the float in a direction toward said valveseat; and the configuration of the surface of the weight, as well as that of any surface of an element of the bottle adjacent thereto, being such that adhesion between them is insuflicient to prevent the closing of communication through the valve-seat when refilling with liquid is attempted.

An attachment for rendering bottles non-refillable, including a valve-compartment, having a discharge orifice at one'end and a valve-seat at the other, and containing a guard-member, the interior surface of which is of frusto-conical configuration, and a cooperating slidable weight-member having a corresponding frusto-conical configuration at one end and a cylindrical configuration at the other, the maximum diameter of said conical portion being equal to that of said cylindrical portion, and the configuration of the adjacent surfaces of said guard and said weight being such that the adhesion therebetween when wet will be insuflicient to prevent the separation thereof in response to gravity.

6. An attachment for rendering bottles non-refillable, including a valve-compartment, having a discharge orifice at one end and a valve-seat at the other, and containing guard-member, the interior surface of which is of frusto-conical configuration, and a cooperating slidable weight-member having a corresponding frusto-conical configuration at one end and a cylindrical configuration at the other, the maximum diameter of said conical portion being equal to that of said cylindrical portion, said cylindrical portion of said weight-member only being adapted to project from said guardmember when said weight-member is in its innermost position with respect thereto, the configuration of the adjacent surfaces of said g ard and said weight being such that the adnesion therebetween when wet will be insufficient to prevent the separation thereof in response to gravity.

'7'. n atta hment for rendering bottles nonrefillable, including a valve-compartment having a' discharge orifice at one end and a 1 valve-seat at the other and containing a v guard-member the interior surface of which is of frusto-conical configuration, and acooperating slldable weight-member having a corresponding frusto-conioal configuration at one end and a cylindrical configuration at the other, the Weight-member being so proportioned that when at its innermost position within said guard-member 'itscylindrical portion only will project therefrom and ltSiCQHtQQ of gravity will be in such a relative position as to render said weight-member very sensitiveto the influence of gravity in its tendency to move away from the guardmember when the attachment is in a sub- Copies of thisjpstent may be obtained for 'stantially"horizontalposition, and the con- 7 figuration of the adjacent surfaces of said guard and said Weight being such that the adhesion therebetween when wet will be insuflicient to prevent the separation thereof in;resp onse to gravity. 1 p Y 8. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a casing adapted to be secured to the neck of a 'bottle and having a discharge orifice at one end and a valve-seat at the other, a valve comprising two parts, one of which is a cork disk-valve positioned next to said valve-seat and adapted to contact with said valve-seat with one of its faces only,-and a weightmember having a frusto-conical configuration atits end adjacent said orifice and of cylindrical configuration at its other end, the maximum diameter of said conical portion being equal tion, a guide for said weight-member also having a frusto-conical recess into which said weight-member is adapted to partially project, ribs interposed between said weightmember and said guide to prevent adhesion therebetween, a baffle wall between said guide and said orifice, and a stopper for the casing adapted to hold the movable parts thereof stationary within said casing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 4-;

in presence of two witnesses.

EDGEVVORTH GREENE. Witnesses MARY H. Lnwls, ALDA L. MILLER.

cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

to that of said cylindrical por- 7 

